Colorado in My Mind!

This blog aims to express my deep appreciation to P' A.T. and his family including N' A. for hosting me during travelling at Forts Collins, and other places around Colorado.


On April 5, 2007 I caught a United Airline flight flying to Denver, CO. It took me around 2 and a half hours from 15:00 hrs to 17:30 hrs for this flight from Chicago to CO.

Without the exact appointment, since arriving at Denver, I rode the train in Denver Airport to the blaggage claim at the main terminal under my own assumption regarding the place where P' A.T. and N' A. were waiting for me. I was rights but we had never seen one another before; then, it took a few minutes to recall who we were!


It was snowing instantly after my arrival. It was fair to conclude that I was not a lucky man for this trip because CO is generally bright year-round - more than 300 days that the sky will be blue. The first three days it was cold, bellow than 30 degree F, and had fairly heavy snow for at least two days.


However, it was not a big deal for my hosts. P' A.T. was brave enough to give the ride to several places around CO. He brought to Bear Lake, Copper Mountain, US Air Force Academy at Colo Spring, Garden of God, etc. I am very thankful to his generosity.

I was also lucky enough enough to have a pre-cadet school brotherhood - series 34 and 45 studying in CO. One of them has been studying at CSU - Colorado State U - in Doctoral degree and the other has been studying at USAFA as the freshman.

Direk, a Ph.D. student and my pre-cadet brotherhood, gave me a tour around University of Colorado at Boulder in the very end of this trip. Another juniour cadet brought me and P' A.T. to visit his class room, dormitory, etc at USAFA. Thankful to them as well.

I felt deeply gratuitous to P'A.T., and P' Som, the best wife of P' A.T. They granted me the warm welcoming and all delicious food. One day, I hope that I will have a chance to pay them back! Thank you very much forever!